Cello; Piano - difficult
SKU: HL.49008410
Piano Reduction with
Solo Part. Composed
by Rodion Shchedrin. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Edition Schott.
Classical. Piano
Reduction with Solo Part.
Composed 2001. 35 pages.
Duration 15'. Schott
Music #ED9407. Published
by Schott Music
(HL.49008410).
ISBN
9790001131384. UPC:
073999352238.
8.25x11.75x0.125
inches.
Shchedrin's
oeuvre spans nearly every
musical genre, and it is
hardly surprising that an
output of such
versatility contains some
rather remarkable
instrumental
combinations, for example
Music from afar for 2
bass recorders, or
Balalaika for a solo
violin playing pizzicato
throughout. This
predilection for the
unusual leads the
composer in Parabola
concertante with its
basically subdued and
contemplative mood to add
a charcteristic
counterpoint by
contrasting the
accompanying string
orchestra with timpani.
The piece was composed
for master virtuoso
Mstislav Rostropovitch,
who played the solo part
in the first performance
at the International
Cello Festival in
Kronberg. Cello, string
orchestra, and timpani.
Piano reduction with solo
part.